Chapter 53: Talking
"Talk more." Anyway, there was no one else in the carriage, so they chatted as a final farewell to their previous lives. When they come back, everything will definitely be different.
Now that they are away from the male and female protagonists, the things in the book should not happen again.
"Is there a pond where we are going?" she asked suddenly again.
Chen Caisheng paused for a moment, "Yes. I heard that there is a very big and beautiful lake near the family compound where we live, and the family compound is also built along the lake."
Upon hearing this, Yuan Lingling's expression changed slightly. Why didn't she think of asking about this matter earlier?
Now I can't regret not going.
"What's wrong? Why are you suddenly asking this?" Shen Caisheng asked.
"No, I just remembered that there seems to be a lot of water in the south, so I just asked casually."
The book only says that she accidentally dropped the child into the water, but based on the current situation, what the book says may not be the current situation, but everything is possible.
She couldn't take any chances.
"Well, I'll take you to see it when the time comes." Shen Caisheng said.
"Then... can you swim?" Yuan Lingling asked again.
Shen Caisheng nodded, "You want to learn?"
"May I?"
"Of course, I'll teach you when the time comes, when the baby is born." Shen Caisheng's eyes fell on her belly and he couldn't help but curl the corners of his lips.
Yuan Lingling pursed her lips and said, "I heard that swimming is good for pregnant women. I can learn it when I go there."
Although she really didn't want to move, if she encountered something like that, even if there was a slight chance of turning things around, she should try her best to change the outcome.
"Is that so? I'll go ask when the time comes. If possible, I'll teach you." Shen Caisheng didn't think much about it. He knew that pregnant women needed to exercise more, and Yuan Lingling really didn't move enough on a normal basis.
He hadn't figured out how to persuade her yet, but the other party brought it up on his own initiative, so he certainly had no reason to refuse.
"Okay, let's not talk about this for now. Tell me about your childhood first." Yuan Lingling grinned, not yet forgetting what happened before.
However, at this moment, two people suddenly came in from outside.
Only then did Yuan Lingling realize that the train had stopped at some point and someone else had gotten on.
A mother and daughter got on the bus. The middle-aged woman looked gentle and kind. Her daughter was a little younger than Yuan Lingling, not even as tall as her shoulders. She had skin as white as snow and was very pretty, but there was a familiar feeling between her eyebrows.
Seeing that there were people in the carriage, the two men nodded at Yuan Lingling and the others, without any intention of talking to them. Seeing that they were being polite, Yuan Lingling breathed a sigh of relief.
She whispered to Shen Caisheng, "I can't sleep now, so I'll read a book. You go lie down for a while. I'll call you if there's anything later."
Yuan Lingling knew that if she slept, Shen Caisheng would definitely stay with her all the time. How could his body withstand two or three days of train travel?
While I'm still in good spirits, I can let him rest for a while.
Shen Caisheng understood what Yuan Lingling meant, so he didn't refuse and nodded, saying, "Then call me if you need anything."
He saw that the mother and daughter who came in looked friendly, so there shouldn't be any problems. However, he still leaned close to Yuan Lingling's ear and said carefully, "Don't trust others too easily."
Yuan Lingling felt a little embarrassed to hear him whisper in front of others. She pushed him and said, "I know. Go and have a rest."
Shen Caisheng went to the upper bunk as he was told.
Yuan Lingling took out a book and read it. In fact, there were not many interesting books these days. Most of the books in those years had disappeared.
But there is really nothing to entertain yourself on the train, and reading is the best thing to do.
Yuan Lingling casually took out a vegetable and fruit cultivation manual, which contained many vegetable and fruit cultivation methods.
I heard that when they go to T's house, there is a small vegetable garden of their own. She will plant some flowers and vegetables around it, and put a rocking chair in the yard. It will be so comfortable to read a book and bask in the sun.
All this is just Yuan Lingling's imagination. In fact, flowers may be infested with insects, and vegetables and fruits may be attacked by birds. Imagining this process is much happier than actually doing it.
But just by imagining it, Yuan Lingling became more energetic when reading.
She was so engrossed in watching that she didn't notice the look in the eyes of the middle-aged woman opposite her. However, the woman's little daughter noticed that her mother was abnormal.
"Mom, do you want some hot water? I'll go get some."
The woman nodded. "Go ahead."
The young girl looked at her a few more times and went out with the kettle.
"Little girl."
Yuan Lingling heard the woman's first call, but she pretended that she was reading and didn't hear it, so the other party didn't speak again.
Yuan Lingling looked up only after the little girl came back. Neither of them paid any attention to her anymore, as if everything that had just happened was just her illusion.
Yuan Lingling felt a little sleepy after reading for a while. In fact, she didn't fully understand what was said in the book. She just read it for fun. Thinking that Chen Caisheng was sleeping, she was cautious and didn't fall asleep immediately.
She stood up and walked around the carriage. The woman opposite her started talking again: "Girl, how many months have you been pregnant?"
Yuan Lingling couldn't ignore it anymore, so she answered, "Five months."
"Five months?" Before the woman could speak, the young woman shouted in surprise.
Yuan Lingling nodded, understanding what they were thinking, and did not hide it, saying, "It's twins."
"Wow, it turns out to be twins. No wonder the belly is so big." Both of them looked at Yuan Lingling in surprise, with surprise in their eyes.
Although Yuan Lingling seemed to have no ill intentions towards them, she still kept her distance from them, smiled and said nothing more.
The carriage fell into silence. The young girl looked lively. Although there was a hint of sadness on her face, she still seemed to want to make her mother happy. She would whisper in her mother's ear from time to time.
Her mother didn't seem to be in good health. She just smiled occasionally and didn't say anything.
But she always had a worried look on her face. It seemed that they had encountered some difficulties. Yuan Lingling certainly couldn't just pry into the matter and pretended not to know.
Shen Caisheng didn't sleep for long and woke up after a while.
After waking up, he also accompanied Yuan Lingling to read. Until the evening, none of them spoke much, and the carriage seemed quiet.
Before going to bed at night, Yuan Lingling asked Chen Caisheng to sit next to her for a while before she fell asleep peacefully.
I thought I wouldn’t be able to sleep well on the train, but I slept till dawn.
When Yuan Lingling woke up, she was confused for a while before she remembered that she was on a train and heard a girl's voice in her ears.
"Mom, please eat something. How can you not eat?"
The woman replied: "I can't eat it, you eat it yourself."
Yuan Lingling slowly opened her eyes and found that it was the mother and daughter opposite her. The little girl's eyes were red with anxiety, but the middle-aged woman still shook her head and said she didn't want to eat.
At this time, Shen Caisheng came in from outside, holding two lunch boxes in his hands, which contained freshly served meals.
"Go wash up and prepare for dinner." Seeing that she woke up, Shen Caisheng put the lunch box aside and pulled Yuan Lingling up. "Do you want porridge or steamed buns? Buy them all."
"Let's have steamed buns." I didn't want to drink more water on the train.
Shen Caisheng hummed, "Go ahead, I'll wait for you."
"No, you eat first. Take out the hot sauce and share some with them."
Yuan Lingling is usually not a nosy person, but seeing that the woman opposite was not in a very good condition, she still wanted to help. Anyway, with Shen Caisheng there, there would definitely be no problem.
Shen Caisheng did not refuse.
When Yuan Lingling came back from washing up, the mother and daughter across the street had already started eating.
"Hey big brother, your hot sauce tastes really good. Did you make it yourself? If you have extra, can we buy some?" The little girl's voice was crisp. She was talkative but not annoying.
The middle-aged woman scolded, "Xiaomei, do you still know how to be polite?"
The girl called Xiaomei pouted and said, "I see you like it too, don't you?"
"This was made by my wife. I didn't bring much this time." Shen Caisheng's attitude was still distant, but he was not as cold and hard as before.
Yuan Lingling raised her eyebrows and walked in.
As soon as he saw her, Shen Caisheng smiled and offered her a seat, "Eat quickly, it won't taste good if it gets cold."
Yuan Lingling looked at the sauce, sniffed it, and her appetite was really aroused.
When you take a bite, the wheat aroma of the steamed bun mixed with the taste of the hot sauce is really satisfying.
"Delicious." Yuan Lingling praised, and then saw the girl opposite staring at her, so she handed the food over and asked, "Would you like some more?"
Yuan Lingling brought the hot sauce because she knew the food on the train was not tasty. It would be difficult to have delicious train meals even in the future, let alone now. But she didn't expect that she could share it with others, and the people on the other side actually dared to eat their food.
"Okay, okay, thank you, sister. Sister, you can try ours too. We bought a lot of cakes, green bean cakes, egg cakes, and scallion biscuits. You can try them all." After saying that, she called Shen Caisheng, "Big brother, you can try them too."
"No, thank you." Shen Caisheng refused indifferently.
"Are you two from Beijing?" the woman spoke to the two again.
Yuan Lingling nodded, "Yes."
"This girl looks very familiar to me. I wonder which district you are from?" The woman looked very bad, even worse than when Yuan Lingling saw her yesterday. Yuan Lingling couldn't bear not to answer.
But when she was about to speak, she saw that the woman's face was pale, and she was holding her chest and looked like she was having trouble breathing.
"Mom, mom, are you okay? Mom?" Xiaomei tremblingly took out an inhaler from the woman's pocket and handed it to the woman. The woman sprayed it several times before she came to her senses.
"Mom, is it too spicy? So..."
"No, I'll take a break, you should take a break too, don't talk."
Xiaomei quickly shut up and helped the woman lie down on the bed.
If the woman hadn't told her not to speak, Yuan Lingling would have thought they were trying to blackmail her.
Yuan Lingling and Shen Caisheng looked at each other, and she raised her eyebrows, indicating that it would be better not to meddle in other people's business and talk to strangers again.
Not knowing whether Shen Caisheng understood, he squeezed her hand and motioned for her to eat slowly.
Fortunately, no other accidents happened in the following period of time. The woman opposite was in poor health and lay down most of the time.
Xiaomei took care of her, and her words seemed to imply that the woman's brother had passed away, which was why she was so sad and had attacks from time to time.
Knowing that they might have encountered something bad, Yuan Lingling and the other girl tried to talk as little as possible, but they read the book thoroughly.
When getting off the car, Yuan Lingling felt as if her whole body was hollowed out.
"Are you okay? Let's find a guesthouse to have a good rest and take a bus there tomorrow."
Shen Caisheng carried the luggage and looked at Yuan Lingling with some concern.
Yuan Lingling was about to speak when someone called her, "Sister Yuan, this is what my mom asked me to give you. She said she wants to thank you for the hot sauce. My mom saw that you like reading, and we just happened to have some, so we're giving it to you."
Xiaomei was holding a few books in her hands. The books looked a little old, but the older they were, the more times they had been read. So these must be important books to them.
"We appreciate your kindness, Auntie. You should take the book back. I was just killing time."
"You're welcome. Goodbye, comrades." After saying that, she stuffed the book into Yuan Lingling's arms without saying anything, leaving Yuan Lingling no chance to refuse.
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